Conflict And Peacemaking

Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Paper Stella Cook March 4, 2013 Psychology 400 Nicolette Nance, PhD, LMHC University of Phoenix, College of Social Science

Conflict resolution and peacemaking in youth, how can we as adults talk to our youth of today and make them see that violence is not the answer? As we look at conflict it is not always negitive, conflict can be a positive potential that will contribute to the quality of a young person’s development. As we look at youth of today the resolution conflict can overall be seen through the
The characteristics of the youth this will include their values that we teach them, motivation how we teach our youth to be motivated and work toward a goal. Their objectives and aspirations; their relationships, power, social resources and their intellectual, and their beliefs about conflict, the degree of what a youth would believe their prior relationship to one another that would include expectations and beliefs of one another. What would the nature be of conflict in youth? This would include the scope, periodicity, rigidity, formulation, motivational, and the significance. The social environment that is involved in the youth of today within the conflict that may occur will include the institutional conflict moderating progress, the facilities and restraints, the social norms, and the encouragements and deterrents. The youth of today will as they say it hang out, have the same interest and most will have the same characteristics of their friends. What are some of the consequences short and long term effects of violence in our youth of today? Short term would be depending on the crime some would have to go to court and pay a fine and probation depending on how severe the crime would be. The long term affect would be that they would have a prison sentence of ten years to life depending on the
This will enable social structures to be readjusted by saying this it will eliminate sources that have dissatisfaction and by eliminating the cause of disassociation. When an adolescent is dissatisfied with things that are around them this is where they will start to get into trouble and make bad choices. What is interpersonal conflict? What does it mean to the youth of today? This is characterized by opposition and maybe disagreement that the youth of today might be feeling. The conflict can take place within a dyad or as a function of a family or a group setting (Maccoby, 1996). There are two destructive conflicts may escalate way beyond the immediate issue, and constructive conflicts this will focus on what the youth can do to be positive and this means will that strategies and negotiation skills will come into play. Vchinich (1990) has indicated that conflict resolution will fall into three basic categories; the power assertion (threats, physical action, and criticisms, negation (stepping down, third-party mediation, and compromise), and disengagement (by dropping the subject that is in discussion, walk away, or taking no action at